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William de Bromley (died c.1370) was a 14th-century dignitary and Crown official in Ireland.[ 1]
He was probably originally from Cheshire . He acted as an attorney to Elizabeth, Countess of Ormond . He was prebendary of Lusk, County Dublin . He was Chancellor of the Exchequer of Ireland from 1344 to 1346;[ 2] Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1346 to 1350;[ 3] Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin [ 4] [ 5] Lord Treasurer of Ireland from 1354 until 1356.[ 6]
As Treasurer, while collecting the King's revenue in Kilkenny , he clashed with the powerful and fractious Bishop of Ossory , Richard de Ledrede , who excommunicated him without any obvious cause. King Edward III , who is said to have lost £1000 as a result of the Bishop's interference, ordered the temporalities of the Diocese to be seized in compensation. The Bishop, who was notorious as a witch hunter and for his persecution of heretics , was an Englishman with few friends or allies in Ireland, and on realising the gravity of his mistake in offending the King, made a humble submission and received a pardon , although the King never liked or trusted him.[ 7]
In 1365 Bromley complained to the Privy Council that he was being distrained for a fine of £200 imposed on him, he claimed illegally, by the Justiciar of Ireland , Sir Thomas de Rokeby . The Council ordered that the distraint cease while further inquiry was made.[ 8]
Bromley may have died in 1370 when his prebend of Lusk was given to Robert de Lithum.
^ "Fasti Ecclesiae Hibernicae: The succession of the prelates Volume 2" Cotton, H. p92 Dublin, Hodges & Smith, 1848-1878
^ Smyth, Constantine J. (1839). Chronicle of the law officers of Ireland ^ "The History and Antiquities of the Collegiate and Cathedral Church of St. Patrick Near Dublin, from it Foundation in 1190, to the Year 1819: Comprising a Topographical Account of the Lands and Parishes Appropriated to the Community of the Cathedral, and to Its Members, and Biographical Memoirs of Its Deans" Mason, W.M. p122:Dublin, W.Folds, 1820
^ "A New History of Ireland" T. W. Moody , F. X. Martin , F.J. Byrne and Cosgrove, A : Oxford , OUP , 1976 ISBN 0-19-821745-5
^ Handbook of British Chronology by Fryde, E. B;. Greenway, D.E; Porter, S; Roy, I: Cambridge, CUP , 1996, ISBN 052156350X , 9780521563505^ "A Political Index to the Histories of Great Britain and Ireland; or, a complete register of the hereditary honours, public offices and persons in office, from the earliest periods to the present time. The third edition, corrected and much enlarged." Beaton, R p65: London; Longman; 1806
^ Mason p.123
^ Close Roll 39 Edward III
Stephen Ridell John de Worchley Ralph Neville Alan de Sanctafide Geoffrey de Turville Ralph de Norwich Robert Luttrell William Welwood Fromund Le Brun Walter de Fulburn William Le Buerlaco Thomas Cantock Adam de Wodington Thomas Cantock Adam de Wodington Richard de Beresford Walter de Thornbury Stephen Riddel William FitzJohn Roger Utlagh Adam Limberg William, Prior of Kilmainham Alexander de Bicknor Thomas Charlton Robert de Henningsberg Robert de Askeby John L'Archers John Morice William de Bromley John de St Paul Richard d'Askeaton John Frowyk Thomas de Burley Robert de Ashton Thomas le Reve Thomas de Burley John de Bothby William Tany John Keppock Robert Wikeford John Colton William Tany Ralph Cheyne Alexander de Balscot Robert Preston, 1st Baron Gormanston Richard Plunkett Richard Northalis Robert Braybrooke Thomas Cranley Laurence Merbury Patrick Barrett Thomas Le Boteller Robert Sutton Thomas Cranley Laurence Merbury William Fitz Thomas William Yonge Richard Talbot William Fitz Thomas Richard FitzEustace Richard Talbot Thomas Chase Richard Wogan William Chevir Walter Devereux Edmund, Earl of Rutland Edmund Oldhall John Talbot John Dynham Robert Preston, 1st Viscount Gormanston William Welles John Tiptoft, 1st Earl of Worcester Thomas FitzGerald, 7th Earl of Kildare Robert Allanstown William Dudley Robert FitzEustace John Taxton Gilbert Debenham Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester William Sherwood Robert St Lawrence, 3rd Baron Howth Thomas FitzGerald of Laccagh Rowland FitzEustace, 1st Baron Portlester Alexander Plunket Henry Deane Walter Fitzsimon William Rokeby William Compton William Rokeby , Primate of Ireland Hugh Inge , Primate of Ireland John Alen , Primate of Ireland George Cromer John Barnewall, 3rd Baron Trimlestown John Alan Thomas Cusack Richard Reade John Alan Thomas Cusack William Fitzwilliam Archbishop Hugh Curwen Doctor Robert Weston Archbishop Adam Loftus William Gerard Archbishop Adam Loftus Thomas Jones Sir James Ley Sir Edmund Pelham Anthony St Leger Archbishop Thomas Jones Sir William Jones Sir William Methold Sir Francis Aungier The Viscount Loftus Sir Richard Bolton Richard Pepys Gerard Lowther Miles Corbet William Steele Sir Maurice Eustace Archbishop Michael Boyle Sir Charles Porter Sir Alexander Fitton Sir Richard Pyne Sir Richard Ryves Robert Rochfort (1690)Charles Porter Sir John Jeffreyson Thomas Coote Nehemiah Donnellan John Methuen Sir Richard Cox Richard Freeman The Earl of Kildare Archbishop William King Thomas Keightley Sir Constantine Henry Phipps The Viscount Midleton Richard West The Lord Wyndham The Viscount Jocelyn The Lord Bowes The Viscount Lifford Archbishop Robert Fowler Hugh Carleton Sir Samuel Bradstreet The Earl of Clare The Lord Redesdale George Ponsonby The Lord Manners Sir Anthony Hart The Lord Plunket Sir Edward Sugden The Lord Plunket The Lord Campbell Sir Edward Sugden Maziere Brady Francis Blackburne Maziere Brady Joseph Napier Maziere Brady Francis Blackburne Abraham Brewster The Lord O'Hagan Sir Joseph Napier James Anthony Lawson William Brooke John Ball The Lord O'Hagan Hugh Law Sir Edward Sullivan John Naish The Lord Ashbourne John Naish The Lord Ashbourne Samuel Walker The Lord Ashbourne Sir Samuel Walker Redmond Barry Sir Ignatius O'Brien Sir James Campbell Sir John Ross
John de St John Peter de Rivaux Eustace, Canon of Chichester Geoffrey de Turville Hugh de Mapilton Hugh de Tachmon Stephen de Fulbourn Robert de Poer Stephen de Fulbourn Hugh, Bishop of Meath Nicholas le Clerk William de Essendon Richard de Beresford William de Essendon Richard de Beresford Alexander de Bicknor John de Leche Walter de Islip John de Hotham Walter de Islip Adam de Hermington Walter de Islip Robert FitzEustace Robert le Poer Thomas de Burgh William de Cogan John Ellitker John ap Rees Hugh de Burgh John de Burnham Robert de Emeldon Hugh de Burgh William de Bromley John Colton Nicholas Allen William Chernels Thomas Minot John de Troye Stephen de Valle Alexander de Balscot ]John Colton Thomas Scurlock Alexander de Balscot ]William de Chambre Robert Crick Richard White Richard Mitford John de Thorpe Stephen William Baltham Richard Macclesfield Robert de Faryngdon Thomas Bache Laurence Merbury William Allington Laurence Merbury Hugh de Burgh John Coryngham John Swift Thomas Strange William Tynbegh Hugh Danent Edward Dantsey John Blackston Nicholas Plunket Thomas de Barry Thomas Scurlock Giles Thorndon William Chevir Robert Dyche Giles Thorndon John Blackston Sir Henry Bruin Sir Rowland FitzEustace John Wenlock Sir James Ormond Sir Hugh Conway Gerald FitzGerald Christopher Fleming, 8th Baron Slane John Rawson John Barnewall, 3rd Baron Trimlestown John Rawson James Butler, Lord Butler James FitzGerald, 14th/15th Earl of Desmond Edmund Rouse James FitzGerald, 14th/15th Earl of Desmond Thomas Butler, 10th Earl of Ormonde Arthur Chichester, 1st Baron Chichester Oliver St John, 1st Viscount Grandison Richard Boyle, 1st Earl of Cork Richard Boyle, 2nd Earl of Cork
